Pass rate
90.5%
Above average — 1.0 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 105 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £42–£121
2019 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 44,218 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
28.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 91.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 79.4% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 11.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.6%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2019 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate is 90.5% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.7% of everything recorded on the 2019 Dodge Ram, against 12.2% nationally — 8.5 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 28.0%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 105 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2019 Dodge Ram compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.6%. The median 2019 Dodge Ram in this dataset had covered 44,218 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.6% of the time, April–September 88.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 5.71% of tests.
- 105 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.5% overall pass rate, 89.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Ram, the average is 85.3% — best year 2016 (91.0%), worst 2001 (79.4%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 105
- Typical mileage (median)
- 44,218 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Ram
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Ram MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Dodge Ram is most common
Across all Ram model years on record (2001–2020): 1,418 Dodge Ram cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,839 tests. Peterborough (PE) has the most, with 70 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterborough (PE) | 70 | 88.6% |
| 2 | Chelmsford (CM) | 56 | 84.8% |
| 3 | Ipswich (IP) | 44 | 83.9% |
| 4 | Basildon (SS) | 36 | 94.6% |
| 5 | Guildford (GU) | 32 | 73.7% |
| 6 | Norwich (NR) | 32 | 86.7% |
| 7 | Nottingham (NG) | 32 | 85.7% |
| 8 | Poole (BH) | 32 | 83.1% |
| 9 | Ashford (TN) | 27 | 86.0% |
| 10 | Birmingham (B) | 27 | 91.5% |
| 11 | Colchester (CO) | 26 | 89.8% |
| 12 | Reading (RG) | 25 | 87.8% |
| 13 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 24 | 79.2% |
| 14 | Northampton (NN) | 22 | 82.8% |
| 15 | Oxford (OX) | 22 | 76.7% |
| 16 | Doncaster (DN) | 22 | 90.2% |
| 17 | Coventry (CV) | 21 | 89.7% |
| 18 | Derby (DE) | 21 | 75.8% |
| 19 | Crawley (RH) | 20 | 79.1% |
| 20 | Sheffield (S) | 20 | 91.7% |
The twenty areas with the most Dodge Ram cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Ram
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 32 | 96.9% |
| East of England | 28 | 85.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2019 Ram
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2019 Ram
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the windscreen 5.7% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 2.9% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 2.9% of tests
“position lamp not working”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2019 Ram through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £42–£121 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £42–£121
- Cheapest common item: position lamp not working
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 105 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Ram, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2001 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.4% to 91.0% — a spread of 11.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 79.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 86.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 85.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 85.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 84.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 84.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 81.6% position lamp not working
- 2008 88.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 83.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 82.6% position lamp not working
- 2011 82.5% mirrors slightly damaged
- 2012 86.8% individual direction indicators…
- 2013 89.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 83.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 88.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 86.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 88.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.5%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 86.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2019 Dodge Ram with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2019 cars with a similar record
- Ford Fiesta 90.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Gla 90.5%
- Hyundai I30 90.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 90.5%
- Audi A3 90.6%
- Jaguar E-Pace 90.4%
Closest pass rates among 2019 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2019 Dodge Ram 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 82 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 23 | 28.00% | 20.98% | +7.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17 | 20.70% | 12.21% | +8.49 |
| Brakes | 16 | 19.50% | 20.89% | −1.39 |
| Visibility | 9 | 11.00% | 4.97% | +6.03 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 8.50% | 5.57% | +2.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 6.10% | 5.52% | +0.58 |
| Tyres | 3 | 3.70% | 19.76% | −16.06 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.20% | 4.18% | −2.98 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.7% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.9% | £60–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.95% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.95% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.95% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.95% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.95% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.95% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.8% | £45–120 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.8% | £18–45 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 4.8% | £20–55 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 34 | 91.2% | 20,604 mi |
| 30-60k | 44 | 93.2% | 44,163 mi |
| 60-90k | 16 | 87.5% | 70,899 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 88.9% | 105,613 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 144,604 mi |
Source: 105 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2019 Ram MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Dodge Ram?
90.5% of the 105 2019 Dodge Ram tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 89.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Dodge Ram?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.71%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (2.86%), position lamp not working (2.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.2% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Dodge Ram in this dataset had covered 44,218 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.